Historiae Alexandri Magni Macedonis

Histories of Alexander the Great

Author

Quintus Curtius Rufus

Language

Classical Latin

Year

c. 1st century

Country

Roman Empire

Genre

Biography / Memoir / Reportage

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The Histories of Alexander the Great is the only surviving extant Latin biography of Alexander the Great. It was written by the Roman historian Quintus Curtius Rufus in the 1st-century AD, but the earliest surviving manuscript comes from the 9th century.